Car Ramps
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RomanticTuna
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Hi guys,
Just a thought, but near me is a place called "This Is Your Garage", it is a full workshop bay that you can hire out for a couple of hours, a day or longer.
They have 4 point full hydraulic lifts and all the tools you could require, plus it's indoors and has a café.
It is not particularly expensive and getting the car a decent height off the ground makes so many jobs easier.
You may be too far away from the one by me, but I'm aware of people travelling quite some distance to use it.
Just a thought if you had a job that required you to get fully under the car?
Just a thought, but near me is a place called "This Is Your Garage", it is a full workshop bay that you can hire out for a couple of hours, a day or longer.
They have 4 point full hydraulic lifts and all the tools you could require, plus it's indoors and has a café.
It is not particularly expensive and getting the car a decent height off the ground makes so many jobs easier.
You may be too far away from the one by me, but I'm aware of people travelling quite some distance to use it.
Just a thought if you had a job that required you to get fully under the car?
RomanticTuna
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They also just got in some corner weight measuring equipment for sorting suspension and have run courses with specialists on a range of car topics. I attended a suspension set up seminar which was brilliant.
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Anonymous
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RomanticTuna said:
Is this the one at Abingdon? Must be really useful. Any idea of prices?
RomanticTuna
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GusA said:
It's near Abingdon at a place called Culham.
If I remember rightly I paid about £45 + VAT for an entire day with a 4 post lift and all the tools. I was stripping, cleaning and re-assembling a full set of Brembo brakes which used to get caked in brake dust. It meant I could take all the wheels off and do it all at the same time.
I also changed the rear of the exhaust and did some underbody protection whilst I was there, because it was so easy on the lift.
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Anonymous
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RomanticTuna said:
That’s a good deal, thanks for the info.
RPSN
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Tel said:
There’s an excellent lifting range on that SGS combination i.e. 98mm to 535mm for the jack and 370mm to 560mm for the stands.
Also, rather than the standard pump found on most jacks, the 3 Ton low profile trolley jack has a high quality integrated bottle jack for a longer service life.
A safe and relatively inexpensive way of accessing the underside of the car or removing the wheels etc.
P.S. You’re spelling of ‘purfect’ is very appropriate
Tel
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RPSN said:Tel said:
There’s an excellent lifting range on that SGS combination i.e. 98mm to 535mm for the jack and 370mm to 560mm for the stands.
Also, rather than the standard pump found on most jacks, the 3 Ton low profile trolley jack has a high quality integrated bottle jack for a longer service life.
A safe and relatively inexpensive way of accessing the underside of the car or removing the wheels etc.
P.S. You’re spelling of ‘purfect’ is very appropriate
It's certainly a step up from my Halfords 2T low profile jack that, in comparison looks like it's made form paper!
Beware, the SGS equipment is heavy, but I feel confident laying under the car with the heavy duty kit.
RPSN
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I remember my father telling me many years ago that he’d driven one side of the car up onto a high kerb/pavement before jacking it up further and chocking it to do a very small job. When he was underneath, the jack failed and it was only the kerb that saved him!......Huge mistake that he didn’t support the car with axle stands and a harsh lesson was learnt!
When it comes to working underneath a vehicle, it’s reassuring to use good quality jacking/supporting equipment and SGS Engineering is one of those that meets this requirement.
When it comes to working underneath a vehicle, it’s reassuring to use good quality jacking/supporting equipment and SGS Engineering is one of those that meets this requirement.